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'V.EHIOLB WHE'EL N11. 531,311. Patented Beo. 25, 1'894.

- maimder thereof, and as herein shown eaeh UN'IT.ED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

OARL VON DER I-IEYDE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISOONSIN, ASSIGNOR T0 'IHE TELEGRAMCYOLE MANUFACTURING OOMPANY, OF SAME PLAGE.

VEHlCLE -WHEEL.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 531,311, datedDeeemloer 25, 1894. Application' filed August 27, 1894. Serial No.521,410. (No'modeL) T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL VON DER HEYDE, a eitizen of the Umited States,amd a resident of ifilwa.ukee, im the comnty of Milwaukee, a.nd 1m theState 06 Wiscomsin, have invemted 0ertaim mew und useful Improvememts inVehicle-Wheels; and I do hereby declare that the followimg is a full,clear, and exact deseriptiom therezof.

My imvention has for its object to improve the comstruction ofwire-spoke vehicle-wheels and it consists in certain peculiarities ofcomstruction and combimatiom of parts hereimafter described withreferemce 130 the accompanyin g drawimgs amd subsequemtly elaiined,whereby I prevemt spokes frm pullimg out 0f a hub, guardthe bearimgs ofthe hub from d ust emterimg the spokeopemimgs a.md in some 1nstameesprovide seats for ball-cases, the said imvemtion being of espeeia.lvalue im the manufactmre of bicycles.

In the drawings: Figmre 1 represemts a sectional view om lime 1-1 of thesueceeding figmre illustratimg a portiom 0f a wire-spoke vehicle-wheelembodyimg my inveamtion, and t]j ig. 2 am elevatiom of the same partlyim sec- Referring by letter t0 the drawings A represemts a tubular hubtha't preferably has its end-portioms of greater diameter than thereemd-portiom of the hub has two rows 0f perforatioms b the perforatiomsim one row breaking joimts with those in the other row. A sleeve Bhavimg a flange c at its outer extremity is pressed 01 driven into eachemd 0f the hub shown, and hook-shaped immer ende d of wire-spokes C,emgagimg the aforesaid perfora tioms, occupy the space eimtermediaue 0fthe sleeve-body amd hub. The flange c of each sleeve serves as a seatfor a, ball-ease D, amd such beimg the case the flamge 01 stop-shoulderof the ordinray ball ease may be omitted.

As elearly illustrated in Fig. l, the spokes 5 that emgage one row 0fhub-perforations extend in a direction opposite those engaging theadjacemt row, amd. all of seid spokes are ab a tangent to the hub.

By having the immer emds of the spokes im the forma of hooks, it isapparent that the same may be readily engaged with the hub, and it isalso apparent that the sleeves B serve aus stops to preventstraightemimg Of the hooks whem seid. spokes are umder strain, whereby Iimsmre. rigidity 0f the wheel umder all circumstances amd make inimpossible for the 3foresaid spokes to pull out of the hub. It is alsoevident that dusl: enterimg the spokeopemimgs im the hub canmot get intothe bearimgs becamse of the sleeves, and this of itself is am importantadvantage of my invention.

While I have showu a preferred form1 0f hub, a.ny hub embodying twoeomcentrie welle spaced apart amd the outer one provided withperf0ratioms emgaged by hook-shaped ende of wire-spokes is within theseope of my invention.

Having thus deseribed my inventiom, what I claim as mew, amd desire 110seeure by Letters Patent, is

l. A wheel-hub having its emd-portion of greater diamet6r tham theremaimder thereof, a fiamged sleeve comtaimed withim eachemd of the hub,amd a series of wire-spokes having hook-shaped immer emds engagingperforations im the end-portioms of seid hub.

2. A wheel-hub embodyimg two concentrie walls, the omter one of which isprovided. with perforatioms in rows those in one row breakimg joimtswith those im the adjacemt row, amd. wire-spokes havimg hook-shaped emdsengagimg the perforatioms, one set of spokes being extended from saidhub im a diret'ztiom opposite to tha.t 0f the other set.

In testimony that'I c1aim the foregoimg I have heremmto set my band, a/cMilwaukee, im the eoumty of Milwaukee and Starte 0f Wisconsim, in thepresemce 0f two witnesses.

OARL VON DER HEYDE.

Witnesses:

N. E. OLIPHANT, HENRY DANKERT.

